hei

See also: HEI, Hei, héi, hēi, hèi, and héí

Symbol

hei

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Heiltsuk.

Noun

hei (plural heis)

Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

Noun

hei n

(Formazza) home

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Noun

hei

Aspirate mutation of kei.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: hei
Rhymes: -ɛi̯
Homophones: hij, Hei

Etymology 1

From heide with regular d-weakening (compare veder/veer, weder/weer, leder/leer, and so forth).

Noun

hei f (plural heides or heiden, diminutive heitje n)

Alternative form of heide

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hei

inflection of heien:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hei (compare Estonian hei, Ingrian hei, Karelian hei, Ludian hei, Veps hei). Compare also Old Norse hei (whence Swedish hej) and English hey.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ei
Hyphenation^(key): hei

Interjection

hei

hi (greeting)
hey (to get someone's attention)
bye (often repeated twice: hei hei)

Derived terms

Anagrams

hie

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Verb

hei

first-person singular present indicative of haber
(reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of haver

Alternative forms

(more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside hei) he
hai

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛɪ̯/, /haɪ̯/

Pronoun

hei m (genitive sin, dative em, dative 2 jüm, accusative en)

(in some dialects, including Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of he
(Low Prussian) Hei ös to lat.
He is too late.

Pronoun

hei m (dative ühne or ühm' or ühm, accusative ühne or ühn or iähne, weak accusative ne)

(Paderbornisch, personal) he

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hei. Cognates include Finnish hei and Estonian hei.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]

Rhymes: -ei̯

Hyphenation: hei

Interjection

hei

Used to attract attention: hey! oi!

Synonyms

hoi

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 54

Romanization

hei

Rōmaji transcription of へい

Alternative forms

ei

Etymology

Expressive.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hei̯/, [hɛi̯]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ej/, [ɛj]

Interjection

hei

ah! oh!; an expression of grief or fear
hei mihi! ― alas! woe is me!

References

“hei”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“hei”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
hei in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Interjection

hei

hey

Etymology

From Middle High German hī, contraction of hie, from Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r. Compare archaic German hie. Also cognate with German hier, Dutch hier, English here.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hai̯/, [hɑɪ̯]
Rhymes: -ɑɪ

Adverb

hei

here, in this place

Derived terms

heiansdo

Romanization

hei (hei⁵ / hei⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄟ)

Nonstandard spelling of hēi.
Nonstandard spelling of hèi.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

hei

Future locative particle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *sei (compare with Tahitian hei and Samoan sei)^[1]^[2]

Noun

hei

flower garland, lei

References

[1]
Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 59-60
[2]
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sei.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Etymology 1

Noun

hei (uncountable)

Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

hei

Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hei

Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hei

Alternative form of he (“they”)

Etymology 5

Verb

hei (third-person singular simple present heieth, present participle heiende, heiynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heied)

Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

Etymology 6

Adjective

hei (comparative heier, superlative heiest)

Alternative form of heigh (“high”)

Etymology

From Middle High German höuwe, from Old High German hewi, houwi, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”). Cognate with German Heu, English hay.

Noun

hei n

hay

Related terms

heibeger

References

“hei” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hæɪ/
Rhymes: -æɪ

Interjection

hei

hi (greeting)
- hei!
  hi!

Derived terms

heie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr.

Noun

hei f or m (definite singular heia or heien, indefinite plural heier, definite plural heiene)

a heath or moor

References

“hei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛɪː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

Interjection

hei

hi (greeting)
- hei!
  hi!

Derived terms

heie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr. Akin to English heath.

Noun

hei f (definite singular heia, indefinite plural heier or heiar, definite plural heiene or heiane)

a heath or moor

Derived terms

heilo

References

“hei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hugi.

Noun

hei m

mind, sense

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

North Frisian: huwggje

Alternative forms

hey (obsolete)
ey (obsolete)
ei (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ei, from a Proto-Romance */ˈajo/, from Latin habeō,^[1] from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, the latter may be from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej/ [ˈeɪ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe/

Homophone: ei
Hyphenation: hei

Verb

hei

first-person singular present indicative of haver

Derived terms

-ei

References

[1]
in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa: 'Havemos, haveis e as terminações do futuro do indicativo' [consultado em 17-11-2022]

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hej/

Interjection

hei

hey

Alternative forms

hai (Vallader)

Interjection

hei

(Puter, Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Derived terms

bainschi hei

Related terms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
(Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
(Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
(Sutsilvan) bagn
(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
(Surmiran) gea bagn
(Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

Pronoun

hei

(Southern Scots, personal) he

Etymology 1

From English high.

Adjective

hei

high

Etymology 2

From English hare.

Noun

hei

paca

Alternative forms

ei

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sei (compare with Maori hei and Samoan sei)^[1]

Noun

hei

flower garland, lei

References

[1]
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sei.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Verb

hei

to be spicy
to ask

References

Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎

[1] [1]
Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 59-60

[2] [2]
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sei.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

[3] [1]
in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa: 'Havemos, haveis e as terminações do futuro do indicativo' [consultado em 17-11-2022]

[4] [1]
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sei.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

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